Method of making mounts



Aug. 15, c CROSS METHOD OF MAKING MOUNTS Filed May 8, 1941 2 SheetsSheet 1 gwua/wtom Cnmeou ACkasa Aug. 15, 1944. c, N. cRoss 2,355,706

- METHOD OF MAKING MOUNTS Filed May a, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 MAY I94! NIXT Mon-m JUNE gamma loo Cmee AK ceoss Patented Aug. 15, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 11 Claims.

This invention relates to display mounts and i to the method of making the same.

Heretofore mounts for the display of calendars or the like comprising a plurality of superimposed leaves were of two kinds which in themselves had certain advantages but which were also subject to certain disadvantages which prohibited the universal use of either kind.

The most common mount consists of one or more pieces of cardboard, to the face of which is attached a plurality of leaves by means of metallic brads or stitches. This mount recommends itself because of its inexpensive construction, but embodies the disadvantage of exposed leaf corners which invariably tend to curl and become unsightly after a short period of use. The second kind of mount has been one of more substantial construction providing a well in which the leaves were supported with their margins in contact withthe overlapping rear margins of a window element attached to the well member. This latter type of mount requires a flap closed passage in the back thereof for the insertion of the matter to be displayed therein, and while resulting in a construction which prevents the leaf edge and corners from curling, the construction has been attained at such high cost as to preclude its use for all purposes.

It is an object of this invention to provide a display mount which may be produced at a very low cost and yet one which will embody features of construction preventing the leaves displayed therein from curling into unsightly positions.

To the end that its primary object may be achieved, the invention involves a method by which tedious multiple operations heretofore necessary are eliminated and the practice of which results in a mount having therein comer or edge restraints cooperating with display material therein to hold such material against warping or curling.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become clear as the following description is read with regard to the drawings forming a part hereof, in which drawings like reference numerals indicate like parts and in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a well board having attached thereto an intermediate board fo use in conjunction therewith;

Figure 2 is a plan view of a back board forming a part off'the mount in its preferred form;

Figure 3 isv a plan view of a covering member adapted to embrace both front and back of the mount;

Figure 4 is a plan view of the covered mount in an advanced stage of manufacture;

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 4 and shows a well and a display window formed in the face thereof;

Figure 6 is a horizontal sectional view;

Figure 7 is a rear plan view of a mount constructed in accordance with the invention;

Figure 8 is a face view of the mount showing a calendar supported therein; and

Figure 9 is a vertical sectional view of the mount supported in display position.

Figure 10 shows a slightly different embodiment of the invention.

In its preferred form the mount is composed of a well board l0, an intermediate board l2 and a back board l4 bound into a unitary structure by means of a facing member [6 extending over the face, around the edges and over the back of the superimposed well board, intermediate board and back board. A material-receiving well l8, defining the edges of material to be held therein is formed in the well board It! and a display window 20 having portions thereof overlying portions of the material-receiving well I8 is formed in the facing member I6 so that indicia held in the well l8 may be viewed through said window.

In its preferred form the mount also embodies a mount supporting easel structure 22 which includes a supporting leg 24 adapted to be swung into an angular position and a leg positioning tongue 26 which has formed at its free end thereof a positioning tip 28 adapted to enter an aperture 30 formed in registration therewith in the intermediate board I2.

Mounts of this general type have been known heretofore but the operations required for the production of such mounts by known methods have been so numerous and tedious as to render the cost comparatively high. It is an object of the invention to provide a method of manufacture which is simpler and less expensive so that mounts of this more substantial construction may be produced at very low cost. The particular method herein involved will now be described.

In order to form the material-receiving well I8 in the body of the well board Ill, there are formed in the well board one or more incisions, which may but need not necessarily be spaced angular incisions such as those shown at 32 which, for want of a better description, will hereinafter be designated as being substantially U-shaped. This term shall designate not only U-shaped incisions, but angular incisions of all descriptions capable of producing the results taught herein. For example, the U-shaped incisions 32 may be made along a pair of parallel lines 34 and may include inwardly extending cuts 36 at the ends of the lines 36. The cuts 36 are preferably relatively short and in any event the inwardly extending cuts of one incision do not communicate with the cuts of the oppositely disposed incision even though these cuts be disposed in alignment with each other.

The well board Ill having formed therein the U-shaped incisions may be covered by means of a facing material, preferably of a flexible and decorative character, but in the preferred form of the invention an intermediate board 12 having margins coextensive with the margins of the well board 86 is positioned against the rear face of the well board. In Figure 1 an intermediate 1 board i2 is shown as being formed integrally with the well board I and as being partially severed therefrom along score lines 33 to facilitate its assembly with the well board l by bending the same about the score lines 36 into position against the back of the well board.

A back board I4 is assembled into engagement with the rear face of the intermediate board H2. The back board M is preferably formed with margins thereof substantially coextensive with the margins of the well board and the intermediate board. The three boards may be formed into a unitary structure by any suitable means and are preferably encased in a facing member such as the member l6 shown in Figure 3. The specific facing member shown herein is of such configuration as to permit its margins II to be folded around the top and end edges of the boards, whereafter the portion l6a may be folded about their bottom edges and into overlapping relation with the exposed margins I! to provide a structure of neat appearance such as illustrated in Figure 4.

The well I8 and the display window are now formed in the well board Ill and and in the facing member l6, respectively, by a cutting operation which severs both the facing member and the well board along lines joining the inwardly extending lines 36 of the incisions 32. During this cutting operation the facing member only is severed along lines spaced inwardly from the base of the U-shaped incisions. For example, in Figure 5 is shown a mount having a well I 8 of which portions of the facing member I6 overlie the ends thereof to form display material restraining pockets I 3. These overlying facing portions are formed in this instance by cutting the facing member I6 only along lines which are disposed inwardly of the lines 34 and extending between two lines 36 disposed in different planes.

This procedure results in a piece being severed from both the facing member and the well board which pieces may be readily removed in a single operation leaving the pockets I9 formed by the overlying portion of the facing member. The pockets l9 are shown in Figure 5 of the drawings as being disposed along the entire ends of the well l8 but it is obvious that they may be formed by cutting the facing member only along an angular line extending between the lines 34 and one or both of the lines 36 extending from the ends thereof. The corner pockets resulting from this latter operation may be disposed at one or all of the corners of the well, or they may be disposed in sets of two disposed in definite relation to each other such as at; diagonally opposite corners, for example. It also follows that only one of the pockets IS in Figure 5 may be provided,

and that such pocket may be disposed horizontally aswell as vertically as shown.

In order to render the mount most useful, it is desirable to form a supporting easel 22 as hereinabove described. According to this invention, an easel of this kind may best be formed by severing the back board l4 and the intermediate board l2 simultaneously to form the support leg 24, the positioning tongue 26 and the positioning aperture 30. The easel 22 includes a supporting leg 24 formed by cutting the back board l4 along substantially vertical lines 40 which preferably terminate near the bottom of the board. The lower termini of the cuts $0 are Joined by a horizontal cut 42 to permit the supporting leg 24 to swing to an angular position around score lines M at the top thereof. The positioning tongue 26 is out along three sides thereof to provide a free upper end which may be swung inwardly about-score lines 46 extending across the bottom thereof. The positioning tip 28 at the free end of the positioning tongue 26 is adapted to enter the aperture 30 which is formed in the intermediate board l2. The aperture 3B is formed by a cutting operation which simultaneously forms apertures in the tongue 26, as at 50, and in the intermediate board 82, as at 30. This simultaneous cutting operation insures that the positioning tip 23 and the aperture 36 are disposed in proper alignment. The extent to which the tip 28 may enter the aperture 36 is determined by shoulders 62 formed at the base of the tongue 28.

It can be seen from the foregoing that this method presents advantages both as to speed and ease with which the mount may be constructed and as to the precision with which the various operations may be performed. The latter follows from the fact that the operations are of such nature as to eliminate the necessity of marking and aligning'separate elements of the mount.

It is obvious that the practice of the invention is not confined to the construction of mounts precisely as shown herein for purposes of illustration but that the advantages ofthe invention may be realized in connection with the manufacture of mounts of different construction. The practice of the invention shall therefore be not limited other than by the limitations which may appear in the subjoined claims.

I claim:

1. The method of making mounts which comprises the steps of forming in a well board a plurality of spaced oppositely disposed angular incisions having laterally extending arms defining the greatest dimensions at opposite edges of an article to be mounted in said mount, attaching a face covering to said board, severing said covering and said board along lines joining the respective arms of said spaced incisions, severing said covering only along lines intersecting two diiferently disposed parts of each of said angular incisions, and removing said severed well and facing portions to form in said mount an article receiving well having pockets formed by said face covering to engage an article at spaced points along its face.

2. The method of making mounts which comprises the steps of forming in a well board a pair of spaced substantially U-shaped incisions defimng the greatest dimensions at opposite edges of an article to be mounted in said mount, said incisions being disposed with the open ends thereof facing each other, attaching a facing member extending between two differently disposed parts of each thereof, and removing said severed well and facing portions to form in said mount an article receiving well having pockets formed by said facing member to engage an article at spaced points along its face.

3. A method of making mounts which com prises the steps of forming in a well board a pair of spaced substantially'u-shaped incisions disposed with the arms of one thereof in substantial alignment with the corresponding arms of the other, attaching a facing member to said well board, severing said facing member and said well board along lines joining the oppositely disposed arms of said U-shaped incisions, severing said facing member only along lines lying within said incisions and extending between two differently disposed parts of each thereof, and removing said severed well and facing portions to form in said mount an article receiving well having pockets formed by said facing member to engage an article at spaced points along its face.

4. The method of making mounts which comprises the steps of forming in a well board a pair of oppositely disposed angular incisions formed along a pair of substantially parallel lines defining the greatest dimensions at opposite edges of an article to be mounted in said mount and along non-contacting inwardly extending lines at each end of said substantially parallel lines, attaching a flexible face covering to said board, severing said covering and said board along lines joining each pair of inwardly extending lines, severing said covering only at a plurality of points lying within said substantially parallel lines and joining two differently disposed lines, and removing said severed well and facing portions to form in said mount an article receiving well having pockets formed by said face covering to engage an article at spaced points along its face.

5. The method of making mounts which com prises the steps of forming in a well board a pair of spaced substantially U-shaped incisions defining the greatest dimensions at opposite edges of an article to be mounted in said mount, said incisions being disposed with the open tops thereof facing each other,- attaching a facing member to said well board, severing said facing member and said well board along lines extending between the ends of the oppositely disposed arms of said incisions, severing said facing member only along lines lying within said incisions and extending between the opposite arms of each thereof, and removing said severed well and facing portions to form in said mount an article receiving well having pockets formed by said facing member to engage an article at spaced points along its face.

6. A method of making mounts which comprises the steps of forming in a well board a pair of spaced substantially U-shaped incisions disposed with the arms of one thereof in substantial alignment with the corresponding arms of the other, attaching a facing member to said well board, severing said facing member and said well board along lines joining the oppositely disposed arms of said U-shaped incisions, severing said facing member only along lines lying within said incisions and extending between the oppositely disposed arms of each thereof, and removing said severed well and facing portions to form in said mount an article receiving well having pockets formed by said facing member to engage an article at spaced points along its face.

7. The method of making mounts which com-- prises the steps of forming in a well board a pair of oppositely disposed angular incisions formed along a pair of substantially parallel lines defining the greatest dimensions at opposite edges of an article to be mounted in said mount and along non-contacting inwardly extending lines at each end of said substantially parallel lines,

"attaching a flexible face covering to said board,

severing said covering and said board along lines joining each air of inwardly extending lines, severing said covering only along lines lying within said substantially parallel lines and extending between the inwardly extending lines of each of said incisions, and removing said severed well and facing portions to form in said mount an article receiving well having pockets formed by said face covering to engage an article at spaced points along its face.

8. The method of making mounts which comprises the steps of forming in a well board a pair of spaced substantially U-shaped incisions defining the greatest dimensions at opposite edges of an article to be mounted in said mount, said incisions being disposed with the open tops thereof facing each other, assembling an intermediate board with its face in contact with the back of said well board and a back board with its face in contact with the back of said intermediate board, attaching a facing member to said well board, severing said facing member and said well board along lines extending between the ends of the oppositely disposed arms of said incisions, severing said facing member only along lines lying within said incisions and extending between two differently disposed parts of each thereof, removing said severed well and facing portions to form insaid mount an article receiving well having pockets formed by said facing member to engage an article at spaced points along its face, and forming a mount supporting easel in said back board by a cutting operation which simul taneously forms an easel positioning aperture in said intermediate board.

9. A method of making mounts which comprises the steps of forming in a well board a pair of spaced substantially U-shaped incisions disposed with the arms of one thereof in substantial alignment with the corresponding arms of the other, assembling an intermediate board with its face in contact with the back of said well board and a back board with its face in contact with the back of said intermediate board, attaching a facing member to said well board, severing said facing member and said well board along lines joining the oppositely disposed arms of said U- shaped incisions, severing said facing member only along lines intersecting two differently disposed parts of each of said U-shaped incisions, removing said severed well and facing portions to form in said mount an article receiving well having pockets formed by said facing member to engage an article at spaced points along its face, forming a mount supporting easel in said back board by a cutting operation which simultaneously forms an easel positioning aperture in said intermediate board.

10. The method of making mounts which comprises the steps of forming in a well board a pair of oppositely disposed angular incisions formed along-a air .of substantially parallel lines defining the greatest dimensions at opposite edges of an article to be mounted in said mount and along non-contacting inwardly extending lines at each end of said substantially parallel lines, assembling an intermediate board with its face in contact with the back of said well board and a back board with its face in contact with the back of said intermediate board, attaching a flexible face covering to said board, severing said covering and said board along lines joining each pair of inwardly extending lines, severing said covering only at a plurality of points lying within said substantially parallel lines and joining two difierently disposed lines of each angular incision, removing said severed well and facing portions to form in said mount an article receiving well having pockets formed by said face covering to engage an article at spaced points along its face, and forming a ed in said mount, attaching a face covering to mount supporting easel in said back board by a said board, severing said covering and said board along lines Joining said incisions at remote points to define an article-receiving well, severing said covering only along a line spaced inwardly from and lying withi nthe defined space of said well area and whose ends intersect said incisions at spaced points thereof, and removing said severed well and facing portions to form in said mount an article-receiving well having a pocket formed by said facing member to engage an article along its face.

CARROLL N. CROSS. 

